Hey, I'm In Ontario!

Thursday, August 12th. Today was another day of amazing riding. Started early from Belgrade, and drove to Butte Montana and then headed south on highway 15 to highway 43. I took 43 just to get me to the Salmon River Scenic byway which I'd been told by another biker was an excellent ride. Turned out to be a spectacular road.The Salmon River scenic byway was a fabulous ride following the river through a number of canyons. After that I took the Ponderosa Pines scenic byway to Boise Idaho. The scenery on both routes is stunning and changes constantly.

The last part of that road was a mountain pass that climbed and climbed up through mountains covered with sweet smelling pines and had a lot of switchbacks without guard rails! Exciting ride but took a long time because you had to ride slowly to stay on the mountain.

When the route finally dumped me just outside Boise, I found myself behind a truck pulling a trailer. All of a sudden water was pouring out of it. It took me a minute to realize the trailer was a horse trailer and the horse emptied himself. Got a bit on me and the bike, but needless to say I dropped back quickly!

Decided to ride right through Boise, because I didn't want to stay in a big city and I don't want to have to deal with rush hour tomorrow. So, when I saw that Ontario was 36 miles west, I couldn't resist.

Thanks to all of you who set me a note. I really appreciate it. It's good to hear from people. I should have more time to respond when I get to San Fransisco on the weekend.